by Miles Taylor | Oct 14, 2013 | Miles on the MBTA
This is probably the craziest bus route I’ve ever taken. I had a free weekday with nothing to do, so I just moseyed on over to Alewife to grab the first bus that came. I was secretly hoping for a 76, and that ended up being the first bus to come! With about 20...
by Miles Taylor | Oct 12, 2013 | Miles on the MBTA
Y’know, I was planning to finish my bus review by tonight, but I had some issues: my computer crashed three times in a row and I lost all of the things I was working on. This would be fine (luckily, Blogger auto-saves), except that my computer is insanely slow...
by Miles Taylor | Oct 3, 2013 | Miles on the MBTA
A day trip to the MFA A nice, easy ride Or maybe not ‘Cause it means taking the E Line At Park Street Throngs of people Going every which way A train approaches, an E? No, it’s a B Like magnets, people cram into the tiny train Another train comes Is it an...
by Miles Taylor | Sep 26, 2013 | Miles on the MBTA
I always get a surge of excitement whenever I ride a weekdays-only bus that was on the chopping block – and, coincidentally, the 4 is one of them! Frankly, I’m surprised this was on the chopping block, since it seems to have decent ridership. However, true...
by Miles Taylor | Sep 26, 2013 | Miles on the MBTA
“Hi, Just visiting from England and have been using the MBTA System. Do you know where I can find out the distances between the Stations for my records. Can’t find them on the web. Thanks in advance.” In the MBTA Blue Book from 2010 (it’s a...
by Miles Taylor | Sep 19, 2013 | Miles on the MBTA
You may remember my hatred for the 188 bus in London because it drove right past my mother and I at the bus stop. Well, it happened again, this time right in Boston. I was taking my mother out to the MFA, and I managed to somehow convince her to take the bus home. I...
